The
majority of veterans are not familiar with more than 77
commemorative medals. The tradition of issuing commemorative
medals had been existent since the Revolutionary War,
or for more than 231 years. Then, as now, they
recognize campaigns, service or historical events a veteran
participated in or supported.

Commemorative
medals have grown in response to World War II veterans
who wanted medals to commemorate D-Day, the Battle of
the Bulge and other special events. It has slowly expanded
to cover recent historical military operations.

Several
commemorative medals have replaced ribbons such as the
Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation, the Combat Action
Ribbon and one we use often in place of a ribbon: the
U.S. Armed Forces Retired Service Commemorative Medal.
Take a look and see what you are eligible for.

It
is interesting to note that commemoratives are often issued
before the goverment campaign medals have been minted.
The two most recent examples being the Liberation of Afghanistan
and the Iraqi Freedom Campaign Medals. We know the newest
ones may not yet be displayed on this page, however we
do have access to them and can place them on your certificate.
If you know of any of any other military commemoratives
that we do not have listed here please let us know.

FOR
YOUR CERTIFICATE: Place your govt. issued medals first,
and then add commemoratives, or you can order a certificate
with only commemoratives. Commemoratives have a ribbon
for every medal, but not every ribbon has a medal to go
with it.

Make
a list of all of your medals, ribbons and badges, including
any commemoratives you would like, then click on the order
button at the bottom of the page to fill out your order
form.

To
Order by Phone call Toll Free: 866 447-10111
Or call locally to Colorado: 719 510-5959

If
you have any further questions or want to know more about
the commemoratives.